michelangelosmonkey Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 41 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Nick Madrigal’s first few games in the majors have shown exactly what we should have expected from him: A lot of weak contact and very few strikeouts. Madrigal is 5-for-17 for the White Sox as I write this, garnering four of those hits in one game against a weak array of Royals pitching, with all five hits going for singles. He’s struck out only twice for an 11.1 percent rate that would put him in the top 20 percent of all hitters if he qualified. This is pretty much what he is — a high-contact, no-power second baseman who’s a regular if he keeps his average high. Keith Law. theathletic.com Fernando Tatis, JR first few games in the majors have shown exactly what we should have expected from him: A young, over matched hitter who's minor league swing and miss issues will get worse in the majors. As I write this Tatis Jr has a .200 batting average, .360 slugging percent, 9 strikeouts in 25 at bats and a single home run off of a AAAA Arizona pitcher. This is pretty much what he is. He'll hit for some power off of bad pitchers, play a decent shortstop but his low contract rate will doom him to being a mediocre player. Charley Rushtojudgment theidiot.com 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelangelosmonkey Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, caulfield12 said: Nick Madrigal’s first few games in the majors have shown exactly what we should have expected from him: A lot of weak contact and very few strikeouts. Madrigal is 5-for-17 for the White Sox as I write this, garnering four of those hits in one game against a weak array of Royals pitching, with all five hits going for singles. He’s struck out only twice for an 11.1 percent rate that would put him in the top 20 percent of all hitters if he qualified. This is pretty much what he is — a high-contact, no-power second baseman who’s a regular if he keeps his average high. Keith Law. theathletic.com Babe Ruth's first few games in the majors have shown exactly what we should have expected from him: An interesting pitching prospect that really can't hit. As I write this Ruth has been involved in 17 chances and yielded only 3 safeties. His thunderous swing has created 7 dust storms and but a single free pass. He'll always have trouble with the old uncle charlie. Mr Ruth has shown proclivity to tossing the old horse hide and he needs to set aside the lumber to concentrate on throwing a hammer because he will never be able to hit it. Ridick Ulace Conclusion theoldtimeidiot.com (note...baseball reference is amazing...game logs from 1914??? It is the greatest sport). 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 any updates on Madrigal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, joesaiditstrue said: any updates on Madrigal? I saw a twitter post that he was taking grounders today in Schaumburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Madrigal should be back at some point this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiddleCoastBias Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Swinging it well too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Awesome, now we can put Moncada on the 10 day IL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Vaughn putting on a show too. Carpool tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Just now, flavum said: Vaughn putting on a show too. Carpool tomorrow? If it was up to me I'd tell Vaughn to pick up an outfielder's glove and tell Mazara to pick up his bags. Mazara isn't going to turn it around. His swing is SLOWER than it's ever been, even last year in Texas. Furthermore he seems to be diminished as an athlete. If that's from COVID so be it, too bad so sad, this isn't a year to fuck around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautox Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1298042605490536452 apparently Madrigal is going to pull a "Henry Rowengartner" and come back with elite power. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, beautox said: https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1298042605490536452 apparently Madrigal is going to pull a "Henry Rowengartner" and come back with elite power. Eh, it's 2020. Everything is on the table. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, beautox said: https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1298042605490536452 apparently Madrigal is going to pull a "Henry Rowengartner" and come back with elite power. hahaaa...God that was awesome! Was that off Crochet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wanne said: hahaaa...God that was awesome! Was that off Crochet? Stiever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Stiever. I think Stiever has a shot to be a good MLB pitcher one day, maybe a good #4 or a solid #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPickle Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I don't know who that was, but if Stiever was hurt so bad that he had to switch to pitching lefty that's a bad sign. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominikk85 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 41 minutes ago, beautox said: https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1298042605490536452 apparently Madrigal is going to pull a "Henry Rowengartner" and come back with elite power. Madrigal did definitely beef up (before his IL stint already of course), his EV did improve quite a bit this year, his 87 EV is almost league average. His top EV also went up albeit I don't really buy that 112 read (Perriello said there is some technical issues with the new statcast tech from hawkeye). I still think madrigal could be a 15+ homer guy like longenhagen said pre draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 33 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Stiever. Sousa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Wanne said: hahaaa...God that was awesome! Was that off Crochet? 23 minutes ago, TomPickle said: I don't know who that was, but if Stiever was hurt so bad that he had to switch to pitching lefty that's a bad sign. Seems like whoever it was has a number in the 30's. Clayton Richard is listed with #33 on the site. If Madrigal is going to hit a HR off anyone, I totally would not be surprised if it came off him. EDIT: 1 minute ago, fathom said: Sousa This is correct. Forgot he was even in that group. Edited August 25, 2020 by CWSpalehoseCWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, soxfan49 said: Wow. That's pretty good. That's earlier than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, beautox said: https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1298042605490536452 apparently Madrigal is going to pull a "Henry Rowengartner" and come back with elite power. Wow. Dude has legit thump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Lets have Madrigal fuck up his other shoulder then so he can have Altuve power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Menduck played well enough. The main diff would be resting Moncada who should have won the game Sunday. We lost two key guys because it's so hard to slide. So Danny can slide into third and stay there for a few games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Wow, thanks for all of the updates guys Any updates on Rodon? Only reason I ask is because they chose not to put him on the 45 day so I assumed he wasnt hurt badly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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